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Click here to subscribeMedals & Paraphernalia: World War One, (Mercantile Marine Medal) Hanrahan (Timothy), a group of two Medals and ribbon (in original packets) together with letter and form of authority to wear, also his Metropolitan Public Carriage Licence and Pouch, his Compass, Water Bottle, also a ring of brass Tram Tokens, all together in a green ivory issue Tin Box. As a collection, w.a.f. (1)
National service medal plus commemorative service medal to 3513125 SAC P.L.A Harman RAF. Certificate of service and flying log together with a blind stamped and signed print of a Vulcan over Lincoln cathedral. It is understood that SAC Harman was attached to a Vulcan display team during his service
A George V silver vesta case with foliate engraved decoration, circular reserve monogram engraved, Birmingham 1912, WWII 1939-1945 War Medal, Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee silver crown, over enameled and converted into a brooch, and a silver heart shape pendant locket with St Christopher pendant.
A Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee medal 1887, medal commemorating the Duke & Duchess of Portland 11th June 1889. 1914, verso William Arthur Henry, Marquess of Titchfield 1893-1914, commemorative medal for Gladstone and The Extension of The Franchise for Two Millions 1884, apostolic medallion commemorating The Chapelle des trois Fontaines, Rome., a medal to commemorate the Opening of Fosdyke Bridge by The Rt Hon Earl of Ancaster, 31st March 1911., and a Temperance medal commemorating the Death of HM Queen Victoria, Empress of Indian 1901, with part brooch attachment. (6)
A New Zealand Totara Knot and Hinan wood occasional table, by Johan Marti Levien, second quarter 19th century, the rounded rectangular tilt-top above a faceted baluster support with a foliate carved collar, on a concave-sided platform with scroll feet and castors, 71cm high, 61cm wide 48cm deep, the top of the block bearing a manuscript label 'this wood imported from Wellington - New Zealand - the native names are Totara with Hinan border and manufactured G.D.M Levene, New Zealand House, New Broad St .... London Johan Martin Levien (1811-1871) was born in Barth, a sea-port in Western Pomerania, Prussia where he undertook his cabinet-making apprenticeship, becoming a Master in 1831. He followed this with an extensive period of travel, visiting Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Russia and Hamburg. During his time in Europe he was not only able apply refine his skills but he also attended various schools of drawing and design prior to setting sail for Pernambuco in Brazil in 1837 to set up his own business. Unfortunately the climate did not suit his health, causing him to leave for Rio de Janeiro c. 1840. Here Levien devoted himself to sourcing exotic timber specimens amongst the interior forests. His appetite for collecting rare wood samples lead him to Wellington, New Zealand later the same year where he believed unknown timbers awaited his discovery. These were very early days for settlers which necessitated Levien building his own house with the assistance of local Maoris - a primitive rush construction secured by poles in ground. Once settled he began exploring the hinterland forests to identify suitable cabinet timbers, drawing on the experience he had gained in Brazil. Here he selected a range of native timbers including Hinau, Kauri, Mai, Matai, Rata, Rimu and Totara. This was heavy work as the newly hewn trees had to be carried back through the forest to the base camp before they could be sawn into planks. Some of the trees were over a hundred feet tall with boughs up to twelve feet in diameter. When Levien arrived in Wellington he could neither speak English or Maori but quickly assimilated both languages and built up a rapport with the native tribesmen. He built a beachside store and workshop on what is now known as Lambton Quay and shortly after married an English woman of high social standing. By 1843 he had built a flourishing business as a contemporary report recorded: 'Mr Levien...has been industriously employed in proving the value of our forests, by working native woods in all descriptions of furniture. His work is beautifully executed, and his prices moderate'. The report went on to state 'We are glad to find a considerable quantity of furniture wood being shipped by all the vessels now proceeding from this port to England. Mr Levien...proceeds in the brig Victoria to London, with a view of establishing a warehouse for the manufacture and sale of New Zealand wood ...Mr Levien takes with him a large quantity of choice specimens of our woods, carefully selected by himself, and well seasoned before embarked...'.However Levien was never to return to New Zealand, possibly for a combination of reasons including the unrest in that country arising over land rights and his rapid establishment of a business premises in London. This was located at the New Zealand Company, Broad Street and a letter from London, dated 17 October 1844 testifies to his success. It noted that 'Levien has an order from the Baron of Rothschild to fit up an entire room with totara and hinau; old Mr.Rothschild is about to do the same thing, and Gillow, Doubiggen, and some others of the cabinet-makers have purchased good quantities of his woods'. On 5 August 1846, Levien received a Royal Appointment, recorded in London Sun of 22 August under the heading MR. LEVIEN. HIS SPLENDID WORKMANSHIP FOR THE QUEEN, AND THE FURNITURE WOODS FROM NEW ZEALAND: 'We are happy to announce that her Majesty has been pleased to confer upon Mr Levien the appointment of cabinet-maker to her Majesty, in token of the very elegant specimens of workmanship made by him from the woods of New Zealand. Her Majesty the Queen was the first to patronise him. And he has secured great favour with her Majesty by his workmanship, his skill, and his woods'.One of Levien's most important early patrons was the Prussian Chevalier Bunson (later Baron Bunsen) who introduced him Frederick William IV, King of Prussia. In 1848 the King presented Levien with a gold medal, 'awarded by the Prussian Court to persons of distinguished merits in the arts' and conferred on him a Royal Appointment. This lead to a series of high profile commissions as recorded in the Morning Post 'Amongst the English nobility and gentry, whose patronage he is experiencing, we may also mention Lord Ingestre, Lord Ilchester, Baron Rothschild, John Abel Smith, Stewart Marjoribanks, G. Tomline...' Later in 1848 Levien married again to Mary Ann Willson and moved to new premises at 10 Davies Street, Grosvenor Square. Throughout the 1840s Levien succeeded in swimming against the tide of conservatism as English furniture was almost exclusively manufactured out of mahogany, walnut, rosewood and oak at this time. That Levien had tested each of his woods brought him public confidence and convinced his clientele of the suitability of his chosen New Zealand timbers. He recommended tawhero (Weinnannia sylvicola), for instance, as a substitute for mahogany, and suggested specific purposes for other particular veneers. However, above all Totara Knot was the most easily distinguishable. It was described in a contemporary periodical as 'of a colour something between bird maple and the walnut, bears a high polish, and displays an exquisite grain in fine and various lines of softening tint', and its durability is manifested by the fine condition of pieces of furniture made from it in existence today'.Levien continued to successfully promote his business throughout the following decades and this included his participation in a series of international exhibitions including The Great Exhibition, London 1851; The Dublin Exhibition, 1853, The Paris Exhibition, 1855 (where he received a medal) and The International Exhibition, London 1862. Few pieces of his furniture bear a label or signature, although many pieces are known through exhibition catalogue engravings and other puplications including 'Art Furniture'- Woods of New Zealand, and their adaptability to art furniture, James S. Virtue, London, 1861. Levien's work is recorded in the English Royal collection, and exhibited at The Museum of New Zealand. He continued trading until 1868 when he sold the business and died three years later in 1871. His Totara Knot sideboard, exhibited at The Great Exhibition 1851 sold for £380,000 at Sotheby's in 1998, one of the highest auction prices ever achieved for an item of 19th century furniture.
A KINGS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL TO 24083 SAPR W HALEY ROYAL ENGINEERS William Haley joined the Royal Engineers at London on 1st October 1889 aged nineteen. Haley served with 1 Division Telegraph Battalion Royal Engineers and was awarded a Queen South Africa Medal (fours bars) along with the KSA He became a Chelsea Pensioner and died in March 1947. King South Africa Medal with bars 1901 & 1902 Correctly impressed 24083 Sapr W Haley RE Polished but VF
A Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal awarded to Const. Edward W Searle, a 1939-45 Defence Medal in packaging awarded to Mr W H Searle, various Devon and Cornwall and Plymouth Constabulary badges and buttons and two Police Constable helmets, together with a Peter Mook novelty sculpture 'Cops & Robbers'.
A Civilian MBE with case and WWI and WWII group of three medals awarded to Barkel Cornelius James Rickard: British War and Victory medals (128852 Gnr BCJ Rickard RA), Defence Medal. With these medals is an archive of documents from 1919-1967, including: Board of Education Certificate for Teachers Training 1915, National Registration Act 1915, Cert. Royal Garrison Artillery Specialist 1916, Temporary Commission to 2nd Lieutenant 1919, Certificate of Disembodiment 3-2-19, Air Defence Cadet Corps appointment as Adjutant to 1st Plymouth Squadron as Flight Lt, MBE citation 1947, all contained in a wooden box named on plaque "P H Barkel 1st July 1889".
Boer War Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.) Gallantry trio comprising D.C.M. named to 2055 Serjt. H. Snaith. RL. Sussex Regt. together with Queen's South Africa medal with four clasps- Wittebergen, Diamond Hill, Johannesburg and Cape Colony named to 2055 SGT. H. Snaith. 1st RL. Sussex Regt. and Kings South Africa Medal with two claps- South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, named to 2055 CLR. Serjt. H. Snaith. RL. Sussex Regt. and original service record which also mentions a Mentioned in Despatches dated 1900.
A pair of Victorian elm bellows: with iron nozzle, stamped 'ALLDAYS & ONIONS RD.605', probably for 1884, 57cm long.* Note Mr Onions received a medal from the Royal Commissioners of the 1851 Great Exhibition, he was also appointed bellows maker to the French Court and bellows maker to her Majestys Board of Ordnance. In c1866 some three thousand bellows were 'sent out' each week. Ref. Timmins The Midlands Hardware District p.656. Alldays & Onions also manufactured motor cars, listed in 'The Car to Buy 1908'.
First World War and later Military Medal (M.M.) Gallantry Group, comprising M.M. named to 131074 PTE. G. Went. 46 / R.Fus. 1914 - 15 Star, War and Victory medals named to 8901 PTE. G. Went. R. Lanc. R., George V India General Service Medal with one clasp - Waziristan 1921 - 24 named to 3949779 CPL. G. Went. Welch. R., Second World War Defence and War Medals and a 1911 Delhi Durbar Medal (naming possibly erased) mounted on bar.
An important penguin specimen from the 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910-1913: an Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), stuffed and mounted, possibly by Rowland Ward, on a wood plinth, 47cm high Given by Edward Leicester Atkinson to the vendor's great-grandmother, Lady Porter, and her husband, Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir James Porter (1851-1935). In a letter sold with the penguin, Atkinson, writes on 22 December 1913: 'Dear Lady Porter, I had hoped to have ready by Xmas an Adelie penguin as an Xmas present for Sir James and yourself. They have taken so long over them at the stores that they will not be ready, but if you will accept it I will send it as soon as I can. They only occur within the Antarctic circle. Will you kindly tell Sir James that in all probability I am going to China and please thank him very much for what he has done. I must wish you both a very happy Xmas and New Year and many of them. Yours very sincerely, E. L. Atkinson' Atkinson was part of the fateful 'Terra Nova' or British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, when Captain Scott and his party died on the return from the South Pole, after being beaten in the race to become the first to reach the Pole by Roald Amundsen's team, who managed the feat five weeks earlier. None of the five returned and Scott, Bowers and Wilson died together in their tent on the Great Ice Barrier around 29 March 1912. Controversy surrounds Atkinson's decisions leading up to the attempted relief and replenishment of stores for Scott's return. Atkinson was a doctor and parasitologist on the expedition and, while Scott and his team was heading for the pole, he was in charge of the camp at Cape Evans. The first flawed decision that may have led to a different outcome was the replenishment of the dog's stores along Scott's return route, which Atkinson, after Cecil Meares, the lead dog handler had resigned, unloaded supplies from the Terra Nova rather than restocking as ordered to by Scott. On subsequent journeys to find Scott's team, it was acknowledged that they had perished, and it was not until 12 November that Atkinson led another team which found the tent with the bodies of Scott, Bowers and Wilson. Scott's diary was found documenting the unfolding disaster. After the expedition, Atkinson went to China and discovered the cause of schistosomiasis, returning at the start of the First World War, in which he served with distinction, winning a DSO and the Albert Medal after rescuing fellow sailors during an explosion on HMS Glatton in Dover harbour on 16 September 1918. After the war he served in various naval posts and became the youngest Surgeon Captain, retiring in 1928 on health grounds. He died in 1928, and a letter accompanies the lot from his widow to Lady Porter, dated 7 March 1929: 'Dear Lady Porter, I trust you will forgive my seeming neglect in not replying to your kind letter sooner, but the shock of my husband's death left me so stunned that I am only now feeling fit to attend to correspondence. How can I thank you for your kind sympathy and your kindly reference to my husband's abilities. To me, even more outstanding than his gallantry was his kindly disposition and his consideration for others. So shortly since did life seem full of happiness and now the desolation of it all. It has been of great comfort to have the sympathy of friends. My husband had caught a chill when at Port Said and was only really ill for about twenty-four hours. Again, let me thank Sir James and you for your sympathy and kind thoughts. Believe me, yours very sincerely, Mary F. Atkinson'
A 22ct gold cased commemorative medal, Sir Winston Churchill John Pinches, London 1965, signed L.E. Pinches, portrait depiction to obverse, to the reverse, Churchill's coat of arms as the Duke of Marlborough. FIEL PERO DESDICHADO inscribed and the family motto, presented in a tooled red leather with gilt border case with note confirming medal is 140/500 (Dimensions: Diameter: 50mm, 104.5g)(Diameter: 50mm, 104.5g)Condition report: Very good condition
The WWI War diaries of Sapper H J Matthews, 23669, Royal Engineers, who died, reported "killed in action", on 8th November 1917, together with typed transcripts of same, consisting of three diaries covering 1914-1917, together with a note book on "Field Works", commenced 22nd January, 1913, in black ink and illustrated with diagrams, with other documents, including notification of death, two Valentine cards. Medals include Star medals for 1914 and 1915, two Victory medals, 1914-18 War medal and a miniature trio
An important group of medals to Admiral Sir Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins KBE, CB, MVO, DSC, with Lady Hawkins DCVO comprising KBE badge and star, CB, MVO, DSC, WW1 trio, 1939-45 & Atlantic stars, DM, WM with oakleaf, 1935 Coronation and Order of Homayoun, miniatures and other related items (see online listing) together with Lady Hawkins DCVO, BWM, Victory and 1911 Coronation medal.Hawkins was promoted to midshipman on 15 January 1913 and served in the First World War. He continued to serve in the Second World War becoming commanding officer of the armed merchant cruiser HMS Queen of Bermuda in December 1939, Chief Staff Officer, Gibraltar in June 1941 and commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Kent in July 1943. He went on to be Commodore, Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth in May 1945, Vice-Controller of the Navy in June 1947 and Flag Officer, Malta in July 1950
A World War II Italian Campaign Distinguished Service Order medal group to Brigadier John Frederick Adye, Royal Regiment of Artillery comprising: DSO, GVIR, silver gilt and enamel, the reverse of the suspension bar dated 1945, with integral top riband bar, 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal with M.I.D. oak leaf and Africa General Service Medal with Kenya clasp (unnamed), complete with miniaturesNote: DSO London Gazette 13 December 1945 'In recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy'.The recommendation states: 'For distinguished service and conspicuous devotion to duty during active operations from October 1944 to the end of the Italian Campaign with particular reference to the period of the final offensive 1 April to 2 May 1945...A particularly active period was the rapid advance through the ARGENTA GAP (2860) to FERRARA...Lt Col Adye also paid frequent visits, sometimes under fire, to Battery Commanders in support of forward Battalions in order to personally assist in arranging fire support if necessary.There is no doubt that as a direct result of his outstanding devotion to duty, great energy and personal example that fire support was at all times extremely effective; this contributed largely to the success of the operations.'
A WW1/WW2 family medals group to Lieutenant Colonel Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman K.St J., F.R.C.P and his son William Sydney Monckton Copeman C.B.E., M.A., M.D., T.D., F.R.C.P (1900-1970) comprising Order of St John neck badge and star, Sovereign Military Order of Malta, badge of the Worshipful Company of Distillers, WW1 group of miniatures and CBE group of miniatures (in one frame) and C.B.E., Hunterian Society medallion, Order of St John (2), O.B.E., B.W.M (2) ., Victory. (2), Territorial Force War Medal (2), 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star W.M., and 1911 Coronation (in another frame).
A BOX CONTAINING MEDALS AND BADGES TO MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY, WW1 British war and victory medals named J62111 AB.G.W.Barker Royal Navy, together with an original Mine Clearance Service Badge complete with backing plate, nice condition, also a Geo VI General Service Medal Malaya bar, named to 3127701 AC1 R.G.Barker, RAF, together with issue slip and cap badge
A collection of five GB and Nato medals, provenance questionableCONDITION REPORTMedals are questionable and bought as seenGulf Medal- 24777003 Cpl AP Bevington INT CorpsIraq Medal- 25169249 Pte D Quigley ParaSouth Atlantic Medal- 24053001 Sgt I Bowen Wood Para ---No RCampain Service Medal 24053001 Cpl I Bowen Wood Para Many people have questioned the naming of the medals
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